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PS3 Outsells the 360 in Australia in Q1.

So the first quarter of the year has finished for gaming and its come back that the PS3 has outsold the 360 in Australia. Well the PS3 has managed to outsell the 360 by a whopping 45%. Though the statistics may have also included the fact that Sony gave away 28,000 PS3s' in a Bravia LCD holiday promotion.
SCE Australia managing director Michael Ephraim says that the PlayStation 3 far outsold Microsoft's Xbox 360 in Australia during the first quarter of 2008.

Ephraim told PALGN that the PS3 outsold Xbox 360 by 45 percent in Australia during Q1 2008, and that he expects the console's domestic installed base to top that of Microsoft's 360 by the end of the year.

"I can tell you in the first quarter of 2008 we have outsold Xbox 360 by around 45 percent," he said. "That is not including the Bravia deal, which moved through around 30,000 units, so if you add the Bravia deal to our global sales we have now, in the first quarter of 2008 we have outsold the Xbox 360 by two to one.

"We think it's a matter of time before we surpass the [Xbox 360] install base... We're just guessing somewhere around the end of the year, if not sooner if the trend keeps going the way it is."

Earlier this month Sony Computer Entertainment Australia announced that the PS3 had reached an installed base of 238,000 during its first year on the market, eclipsing the year one performance of the PS2.

The figure, which came directly from Sony and not official industry sales monitor GfK Australia, may also have included more than 28,000 consoles given away as part of a Sony Bravia LCD holiday promotion.
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  • -1 thumbs!
    Final Blade | May 20, 2008
    Who cares if they gave away a Bravia LCD, its still PS3 sales. Anyway thats great news for PS3 and Sony, i mean isn't Australia a Big Game market now?
    It sure helps them in the long run.
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      slumpy monkey | May 20, 2008
      What do you mean so what if its a bravia tv.

      If you read the article properly they gave away THE PS3'S with THE TV, Not the other way round. So the 28,000 who bought the tv got a ps3 with it.

      Although in the article the sony guy says its 45% without.
      • -1 thumbs!
        Final Blade | May 20, 2008
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        Though the statistics may have also included the fact that Sony gave away 28,000 PS3s' in a Bravia LCD holiday promotion.
        I know exactly what the article said thank you. I was more commenting on this. It doesn't matter if they included the Bravia LCD, its still PS3 sales at the end of the day.
        • 0 thumbs!
          slumpy monkey | May 20, 2008
          So, microsoft could go "were giving away an xbox with every copy of vista and windows office".

          Then the 360 gets like 20 mill sales, You would be like
          "oh thats not fair"

          Plus I dont see the point in sales articles, WHy would I care how muhc its sold, Ive got mine already, and enjoying it.
        • -3 thumbs!
          Final Blade | May 21, 2008
          That scenario wouldn't work cause Vista sucks.

          Also please make something thats actually attainable.
          I would question why people want Vista since XP is the only OS thats actually good.

          Fact is 360 has 19 million sales worldwide cause its obviously more liked. But again you miss my point completely.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Ameer | May 21, 2008
          We're missing your point because it isn't there.

          Using 'Vista sucks' as a reason proves your infantile idiocy.
        • -1 thumbs!
          Final Blade | May 21, 2008
          OK let me paint it for you, Regardless of adding Bravia LCD HDTV, Those sales are still apart of the PS3. Which means even if you took the TV out, it would still get that many, due to it being popular in Australia. The TV didn't exactly increase it that much.

          As for the Vista Thing, why would they give away an OS and WO?
          Its not something I see them actually doing, and he used all of the 360 console sales worldwide. Now if he used the same number as the PS3 sales(like the article), then he could be making a point, but seriously I doubt there is 20 million people wanting Vista and WO in the first place.

          TV or no PS3 is far more popular in Australia than the 360, according to the articles I read.
        • 0 thumbs!
          slumpy monkey | May 21, 2008
          28,000 would seem like it makes a pretty big difference to me final blade.
  • -1 thumbs!
    Red 9 | May 20, 2008
    It'll only last so long, Sony. Get yer foot up before you lose it again.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Ameer | May 21, 2008
      I dunno, we love the PS3 here in Oz.
  • -1 thumbs!
    Silver Mirror | May 21, 2008
    Red 9 I am getting sick of this, "Sony get your foot up!" What the hell does that even mean?

    And yes us Australians love buying Japanese stuff which is kind of ironic when you think about it
    • 0 thumbs!
      Red 9 | May 21, 2008
      I'm saying they need to market the PS3 in such a way that these leads last longer than a couple weeks.
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    Silver Mirror | May 21, 2008
    So let me get this straight, the PS3 has been basically outselling the 360 these last 3 months (not a few weeks) and you say they need to get there foot up? Why should they market it better when its already selling like hot cakes. Besides if that Bravia LCD promotion isn't successful advertising then I don't know what is.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Red 9 | May 22, 2008
      Sorry I didn't know Next time I'll do my research...
      • 0 thumbs!
        Ameer | May 22, 2008
        Cmon Red, the research you needed was in the title of this article. You're better than that.

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